Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <iYUii.21769$tB5.3923@edtnps90>, a <a@a.ca> wrote:
>
>>> I had an 00 Accord 4 cylinder, and it was a fantastic car with PLENTY of
>>> power.
>>>
>>> 'Course, I outfitted mine properly: with a manual transmission.
>>>
>>> In addition, that baby got 35mpg in the dead of summer on a road trip,
>>> AC on full blast, going through the mountains.
>>>
>> Nothing wrong - mine is a 5 speed.
>>
>> You're 35mpg is horse shit, though.
>
> Nope. It happened on the way out, so I made sure to measure on the way
> back.
>
> Damn. What a car.
>

Well, until Ernst & Young can audit your mileage, I'm still calling horse
shit. A road trip - through the mountains - AC on full... up hill BOTH ...

"It happened on the way out" - so you knew it happened on the way "out".
How? If you only measured it on the way *back* ...?

Get real. I like my Accord, but I'm not delusional.

a